1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/LDAPLookupUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/LDAPLookupUtils.java
index 1ac4b3b..0964565 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/LDAPLookupUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/lookup/LDAPLookupUtils.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.novell.ldap.LDAPSearchResults;
 final public class LDAPLookupUtils
 {
     static final char[] META_CHARS = {'+', '=', '"', ',', '<', '>', ';', '/'};
+    static final String[] META_ESCAPED = {"2B", "3D", "22", "2C", "3C", "3E", "3B", "2F"};
     static public LDAPEntry getEntry(LDAPConnection ld, String dn,int dereference)
         throws ObjectNotFoundException
     {
@@ -296,11 +297,11 @@ final public class LDAPLookupUtils
         escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\","\\\\");
 
         //Positional characters - see RFC 2253
-        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("^#","\\\\#");  // TODO: active directory requires hash to be escaped everywhere
-        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("^ | $","\\\\ ");
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("^#","\\\\23");  // TODO: active directory requires hash to be escaped everywhere
+        escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("^ | $","\\\\20");
 
-        for (char element : META_CHARS) {
-            escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\"+element,"\\\\" + element);
+        for (int i=0; i<META_CHARS.length; i++) {
+            escapedStr = escapedStr.replaceAll("\\"+META_CHARS[i],"\\\\"+ META_ESCAPED[i]);
         }
         if (!name.equals(escapedStr)) Logger.msg(3, "LDAP DN "+name+" escaped to "+escapedStr);
         return escapedStr;
@@ -311,14 +312,14 @@ final public class LDAPLookupUtils
         String unescapedStr = new String(dn);
 
         //Positional characters - see RFC 2253
-        unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("^\\\\#", "#");  // TODO: active directory requires hash to be escaped everywhere
-        unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("^\\\\ |\\\\ $", " ");
+        unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("^\\\\23", "#");  // TODO: active directory requires hash to be escaped everywhere
+        unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("^\\\\20|\\\\20$", " ");
 
-        for (char element : META_CHARS) {
-        	unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\" + element, ""+element);
+        for (int i=0; i<META_CHARS.length; i++) {
+        	unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\" + META_ESCAPED[i], ""+META_CHARS[i]);
         }
 
-        //Any remaining backslashes
+        //Any remaining escaped backslashes
         unescapedStr = unescapedStr.replaceAll("\\\\","\\");
         
         if (!dn.equals(unescapedStr)) Logger.msg(3, "LDAP DN "+dn+" unescaped to "+unescapedStr);